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Khalil Gibran Quotes - Page 20

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He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.

He who seeks ecstasy in love should not complain of suffering.

Spiritual, Suffering, Complaining

Art is a step in the known toward the unknown

Art, Steps, Art Is

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

Men, Reason, Habit

The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach us with the radiations of their personalities.

Inspirational, Stars, Greatness

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

Love, Desire, Wedding Poetry

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.

Grieving, Rivers, Silence

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.128, Lulu.com

Who can depart from his pain and aloneness without regret? Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It is not a garment I cast off this day, bit a skin that I tear with my own hands... Yet I cannot tarry longer.

Children, Pain, Regret

For love is sufficient unto love.

Love Is, Age Love, Weddings And Love

Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.24, Lulu.com

The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body.

Fear, Wine, Soul

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom

Truth, Freedom, Humanity

To know the pain of too much tenderness

Valentines Day, Pain, Too Much

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

We are the sons of Sorrow; we are the poets and the prophets and the musicians.

Son, Creative, Sorrow

Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.

Sunset, Rainbow, Soul

Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.

Ignorance, Weary, Offspring

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

It is only when you are pursued that you become swift.

Speed, Pursued

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life.

Death, Heart, Secret

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Life, Spiritual, Wisdom

Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

You are good when you are fully awake in your speech, Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And even stumbling speech may strengthen a weak tongue.

Sleep, Evil, Purpose

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

They consider me to have sharp and penetrating vision because I see them through the mesh of a sieve.

Wise, Wisdom, Aggravation

"Visualizing Categorical Data". Book by Michael Friendly, ch. 3.5, p. 85, 2000.

Because the soul is like a flower that folds its petals when dark comes, and breathes not its fragrance into the phantoms of the night.

Flower, Dark, Night

Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless.

Self, Sea, Depth

Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

Let your home be you mast and not your anchor.

Home, Anchors, Contemplation

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

Inspiring, Time, Exhilaration

"The Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul". Book by Kahlil Gibran, translated by Juan R. I. Cole. Chapter "Children of Gods, Scions of Apes", 1994.

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

Pain, Struggle, Sun

It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much.

Heart, Littles, Helping

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